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- Home
- Abandoned
- Bukit Brown Cemetery
- Former Communicable Disease Centre (CDC)
- Istana Woodneuk
- Keppel Hill Reservoir
- Lim Chu Kang Pier
- Neo Tiew Estate
- Old Changi Hospital
- Old Tan Tock Seng Hospital
- Sentosa Fort Serapong
- Siglap Blocks
- Tanglin Barracks
- Upper Thomson Secondary & Other Abandoned Schools
- View Road Mental Hospital
- Conserved/Refurbished
- Atbara House
- Capitol Theatre/Building
- Central Fire Station
- Changi Commando Barrack
- Customs Operations Command Building
- Ellison Building
- Esplanade Park
- Former Beach Road Police Station
- Former CID Headquarters
- Former National Aerated Water Company
- Former Sun Yat Sen Villa
- Jinrikisha Station
- Jurong West Nantah Arch
- Kampong Silat SIT Flats
- Karikal Mahal
- Marine Parade Sea Breeze Lodge
- Maxwell Chambers & Maxwell Chambers Suites
- Mount Sophia Tower House
- Nee Soon Post Office
- Old Kallang Airport
- Pasir Panjang Fort/Labrador Battery
- Pearl’s Hill Police Operational Headquarters
- Portsdown, Seletar & Sembawang Colonial Houses
- Punggol Matilda House
- Seletar Camp & Old Lamp Posts
- Sembawang Hot Spring
- Sentosa Blakang Mati Artillery Barrack
- Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
- Toa Payoh Dragon Playground
- Demolished
- Bukit Merah SAFRA Clubhouse
- Commonwealth Avenue Food Centre
- Dover Road Pelican Playground
- Former Paya Lebar Police Station
- Geylang Serai Malay Village
- Kallang National Stadium
- MacAlister Terrace
- Queenstown/Queensway Cinema
- Rochor Centre Coloured Flats
- Singapore En-Bloc Flats
- Singapore Railway
- Sungei Road Thieves’ Market
- Taman Jurong “H-Shaped” JTC Flats
- Tanglin Hill Brunei Hostel
- Woodlands Camps/Kranji Army Barracks
- Yan Kit Swimming Complex
- Zion Road Blue Flats
- Forgotten
- Beach Road Army Market
- Bukit Purmei Keramat Bukit Kasita
- Bukit Timah Turf Club
- Dakota Crescent Provision Shop
- Ghim Moh Bus Terminal
- Haw Par Villa
- Jalan Bahar Dragon Kiln
- Japanese Cemetery Park
- Jurong Hill Observatory Tower
- Kampong Lorong Buangkok
- Lorong Chuan Overhead Bridge
- MacPherson Mamak Shop
- Marsiling Underpass
- Old Bus Stops/Street Name Signage
- People’s Park Complex
- Sembawang Hill Estate Taxi Service Stand
- Tiong Bahru Bird Singing Corner
- Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre
- Natural
- Unique
- Articles
- Great Singapore Sale
- Dose of Nostalgia
- The Past, Present and Future of Standalone Public Libraries in Singapore
- “Little Thailand” No More… Rejuvenation of Golden Mile Complex
- Memories of the Jurong Bird Park
- Kranji Industrial Estate and its Little Enclave of Eateries and Shophouses
- Cool but Obsolete… Gadgets and Apps of the 1990s and 2000s
- Reminiscences of the Old Lam Soon Community Centre
- A Brief Past of Ridout Tea Garden and its Popular McDonald’s
- Reminiscing the Days of Steamboats, Bowling and Arcade at Marina South
- Looking for Bits and Pieces of Old Seletar
- Walking Down the Memory Lane of Margaret Drive
- Reminiscences of the Old Beauty World
- The Idyllic Days of Changi Creek and Villages
- Bras Basah Complex, Singapore’s City of Books
- Tuas of Yesteryears – A Fishing Village and Seafood Restaurants
- From Hock Lam’s Beef Noodles to Funan’s Computers
- Traditional Provision Shops – Can They Stand the Test of Time?
- Enter a World of Advertisement in Old Singapore (Part 1)
- A Different Chinese New Year Celebration
- 100 Things We Love About The 80s (Part 2)
- 100 Things We Love About The 80s
- When School Bell Rings
- Those Years When We Brushed Our Teeth Together
- The Forgotten Legacy of Chui Eng Free School
- The Forgotten Former Schools at Parry Avenue
- The Fate of Old New Town Secondary School
- First Toa Payoh Secondary School No More
- The Old Singapore Polytechnic Campus and New Prince Edward MRT Station
- Changes of Dakota – Demolition of Former Broadrick and Maju Secondary Schools
- The Forgotten Former Schools at Pasir Panjang
- Old School National Day’s Memorabilia
- The Former Changkat Changi Schools at Changi Road 10th Milestone
- The Old Neighbourhood
- Stirling Road and Singapore’s Oldest HDB Flats
- The Small Quiet HDB Estate of Lorong Lew Lian
- The End of Lorong 3 Geylang Neighbourhood
- Teachers’ Housing Estate – Then and Now
- The Charms of Wessex Estate’s Black and White Houses
- A Final Look at the Old Woodlands Town Centre
- McNair Road, Townerville and the Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital
- The Old World Charm of Mountbatten
- SIT Apartments, Old Schools and a Famous Hawker Centre at Monk’s Hill
- The Cambridge Estate – An “English” Estate in Singapore
- The Forgotten Diamond of Taman Jurong
- Tanglin Halt – Where the Trains used to Pass by
- Ang Mo Kio, My Hometown of 25 years
- Memories of the Old Clementi Town Centre
- A Walk Through The Old Neighbourhood – Old Woodlands Town Centre
- A Walk Through The Old Neighbourhood – Serangoon Gardens
- A Walk Through The Old Neighbourhood – Redhill Close
- A Walk Through The Old Neighbourhood – Jalan Kayu
- A Walk Through The Old Neighbourhood – Tiong Bahru
- Remnants of Lost Roads
- The Beginning and End of Lim Chu Kang “Runway”
- Remnants of Singapore’s Lost Roads – Boh Sua Tian Road
- Coming to the End of Jurong Road
- The Disappearance of the Historic Ellenborough Street
- Remnants of Singapore’s Lost Roads – Tiverton Lane
- Retracing the 26 Tracks of Punggol Road
- Closure (Partial) of Tanglin Halt Close
- The Disappearance of the Historic Hallpike Street
- Remnants of Singapore’s Lost Roads – Kuala Loyang Road
- Remnants of Singapore’s Lost Roads – Lorong Bistari
- Landmarks of Yesteryears
- Sense of History
- Tong Nam Tobacco and the Rise and Fall of Local Cigarette Producers
- Sago Lane’s Grim History of “Death Houses”
- Searching for the Remaining Old Flood Gauges in Singapore
- Jalan Benaan Kapal – A Forgotten Chapter in the History of Singapore’s Ship Repair Industry
- The History of Singapore’s Night Soil Bucket System
- The Old Gates at Jalan Selimang and the Legacy of the Former Cycle & Carriage Chairman
- From Old Woodlands to New
- A Short History of Tampines Road – Busy Junction, Customs Station and Illegal Alcohol
- Toa Payoh Rise’s Past and Present
- A Brief Jewish History in Singapore
- Flashback 30 Years Ago… Singapore in 1986
- “Hello, Hello” The Rise and Decline of Singapore’s Public Payphones
- Mata.Mata: History of The Singapore Police
- Haze – A Burning Issue For Four Decades
- You’ve Got Mail… Singapore’s Former/Old Post Offices
- 4D, Mahjong and Chap Ji Kee.. History of Gambling in Singapore
- Heritage Tours/Trails
- Old Hill Street Police Station, the Iconic Colourful Landmark by the Singapore River
- Emerald Hill – A Gem at Orchard
- The Colourful Landmark of Selegie Arts Centre
- The Restored Beauty of Winsland House II
- Enter a World of Advertisement in Old Singapore (Part 2)
- From Old Cemetery to Vibrant New Town; A Peck San Theng Heritage Gallery
- Singapore Monuments in Lego @National Library
- A Little History along the Kallang River
- “50 Made in Singapore Products” Exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore
- SCDF Heritage Gallery – Singapore’s Firefighting History
- Urban Exploration
- Exploring the Marsiling Tunnels
- Exploring the Remnants of Kay Siang Bunkers
- Seah Im Road and the Mysterious Bunker
- The Lost Cause and Forgotten Ruins of Fort Serapong
- The Mystery of a Deserted Japanese Tomb at Mount Faber
- Coney Island and the Forgotten Haw Par Beach Villa
- Exploring the Forgotten Keppel Hill Reservoir
- View Road and its Forgotten Former Hospital
- The Kallang Roar
- Rejuvenation of the Old Ang Mo Kio Swimming Complex
- 50 Years of Toa Payoh Swimming Complex and Stadium
- Jurong Stadium Gone Under the Wrecking Ball
- Closure and Demolition of Bedok Swimming Complex
- The World Cup Craze and Memories
- Swimming in the Summer Sun of Singapore
- Generations of Local Football Heroes
- Kampongs to Flats
- Redhill Close SIT Estate Walks Into History
- The End of Singapore’s First HDB Flats at Merpati Road
- The Last Days of Kampong Lorong Fatimah
- Farewell to Old Tanglin Halt
- Whampoa’s Majestic Long Curved HDB Block
- Changes of Dakota 2 – Bidding Farewell to Dakota Crescent Flats
- The Colonial Bungalows and “Country” Roads at Sembawang
- The Hauntingly Beautiful Terrace Houses of Petain Road
- From Nee Soon Village to Springleaf Park
- The Lone HDB Block at Moulmein
- End of Era for Normanton Park, and other HUDC Estates
- Boon Lay, JTC and the En-Bloc Flats
- Tales of Kampongs at Old Upper Thomson Road
- From Villages to Flats (Part 3) – The Traditional Shophouses
- Pachitan – A Vanished Javanese Name in Singapore
- The Last of Singapore’s Rural Centres
- Bidding Farewell to Siglap’s Last Standing Flats
- Paintings in the Sky – Unique HDB Murals
- From Villages to Flats (Part 2) – Public Housing in Singapore
- From Villages to Flats (Part 1) – The Kampong Days
- Grand Mansions, Bungalows and Villas of the Past
- Fun Facts & Trivia
- Singapore Trivia – Time Adjustment for Singapore in 1982
- Singapore Trivia – A Lone Kampong House at Mandai
- Singapore Trivia – The Red Junglefowl of Singapore
- Singapore Trivia – Old Dragons of Whampoa and Toa Payoh
- Singapore Trivia – The Tree of One Tree Hill
- Singapore Trivia – A TV World at Tuas
- Singapore Trivia – The Tembusu Tree and 5-Dollar Note
- Singapore Trivia – When a Tree’s Not a Tree
- Singapore Trivia – The Firsts and Lasts (in Everyday Life)
- A Forgotten Past
- Nantah’s Sundial, a Time-Telling Relic Lost in Time
- A Forgotten Past – The Noah’s Ark of Pasir Panjang
- The Red Butterfly – Girl Terrors of the Sixties
- A Singapura Mystery – The Queenstown Shooting 1972
- A Forgotten Past – A Bank Run Incident in Singapore
- A Forgotten Past – Two Decades of Chaos
- A Forgotten Past – ‘Prison on Fire’ at Pulau Senang
- A Forgotten Past – The Curious Case of Lim Yew Hock
- A Forgotten Past – The Prisoners of Conscience
- A Forgotten Past – A Zoo at Punggol
- A Forgotten Past – The Last Royal Palace of Singapore
- A Forgotten Past – The Days When Singapore Mafia Ruled Europe
- A Forgotten Past – Vietnamese Boat People in Singapore
- Our Green Heritage
- What’s on the List?
- Shining and Guiding the Way… The Lighthouses of Singapore
- A Tale of Towers and Pagodas
- Sloane Court Hotel and other Former Hotels of Singapore
- The Heritage Bridges – Singapore River’s Grand Old Dames
- Singapore’s Iconic Fountains of Dreams
- 60 Years of Community Centres
- A Tale of Jetties and Piers
- A Pictorial Gallery of Bronze Sculptures in Singapore
- Headlines that shook Singapore (since 1955)
- An Old Singapore’s Tale
- TV, Movies, Dramas
- Back Then When Jurong’s Drive-In Cinema Was All The Rage
- Memories of Bedok’s Princess
- Broadcasts, Dramas and Dreams… Caldecott Hill in 80 Years
- A Last Look at Pearls Centre and its Yangtze Theatre
- 20 Most Memorable SBC (Channel 8) Dramas of the 1980s
- A Century of Cinemas, Movies and Blockbusters
- Rediffusion And Its Glorious 63 Years
- From Black & White to Colour…
- Spirit of Radio Remains Strong After 75 Years
- Articles II
- Army Daze
- Searching for the Forgotten Military Insignia Plaques of Gillman Barracks
- The Camps Along Sembawang Road (Part 2) – Dieppe Barracks
- The Camps Along Sembawang Road (Part 1) – Khatib Camp
- The Past of Pasir Laba… Countryside Road, WW2 Fort and Army Camp
- Changes of Dakota 3 – Guillemard Camp Walks into History
- Army Camp, Lifestyle Enclave, Visual Arts Hub… Gillman Barracks’ Journey in the Past Decades
- Once in Our Life, Two Years of Our Time
- Vintage Photo Gallery
- Nostalgic Coloured Photos of Singapore’s Roadside Durian Stalls
- Nostalgic Coloured Photos of Former Chong Pang Village
- Nostalgic Coloured Photos of Former Seng Poh Road Market
- A Flashback to Singapore 1982 Through Old Geography Textbooks (Part 2)
- A Flashback to Singapore 1982 Through Old Geography Textbooks (Part 1)
- Nostalgic Coloured Photos of Lim Tua Tow Market
- A Pictorial Gallery of Singapore in 1980
- A Ride into the Past
- When Soviet-Made Cars Roamed Singapore Roads
- End of the Road for Trishaws in Singapore
- 100 Years of the Causeway
- The Evolution of Singapore’s Street Lighting
- 10 Types of Vehicles that Had Disappeared from the Streets of Singapore
- The Beginning of Singapore’s Expressways
- Vroom Vroom… Looking Back at the Old Singapore Grand Prix
- Farewell to the Former Queenstown Driving Test Centre
- Goodbye, Old Yishun Bus Interchange
- Taxi! Taxi! The Evolution of Singapore’s Taxi-Cabs
- A Journey into Singapore MRT’s Past
- Those Years When We Waited For Our Buses Together
- Taking an Old Bus Ride
- First Multi-Storey Carpark of Singapore Walks into History
- Singapore’s Oldest Petrol Kiosk Winds up Business
- Uniquely Singapore
- Singapore’s Most Recognisable Logos, Then and Now (Part 1)
- Jalan-Jalan in Singapore, 1980 Version
- Bird Singing, a Favourite Pastime of the Past
- Then and Now, The Public Holidays of Singapore
- Gongs, Long Hair and Chewing Gums
- Singapore Music – The Rise and Decline of Local Bands
- Kampong Spirit and Gotong Royong
- Singapore Campaigns of the 70s/80s
- Our Xinyao, Our Songs
- Singapore’s Favourite Mascots.. How Many Do You Remember?
- Best of Singlish Words and Phrases
- Vanishing Local Street Vendors?
- An Exotic Singapore
- Reminiscing the Rustic Charm of Ulu Sembawang
- A Last Look at Turf City
- A Vanishing “Countryside” of Horse Stables and Lush Greenery
- The Vanished Pasir Ris Farmways and Pet Farms
- Redevelopment of the Rustic Bah Soon Pah Road
- Sembawang Hot Spring’s Long-Awaited Rejuvenation
- Memories of Ah Meng, Inuka and Other Singapore’s Favourite Animal Stars
- Little Guilin and the Former Granite Quarries of Singapore
- The Last Fish Farm at Seletar West Farmway 4 Closes
- The Clock is Ticking on Singapore’s Last Village
- A Southern Islands’ Tour – Kusu, St John’s and Lazarus
- When the Durians Fall at Pulau Ubin
- The Remaining Farmways at Seletar-Punggol
- The Story of a Crocodile Farm at Upper Serangoon Road
- The Last “Fishing Village” in Singapore
- Fish Farms at Seletar West Farmways to be Relocated?
- Yesterday No More
- Singapore’s 182 Years of Horse Racing Reaches the Finishing Line
- Doors Shuttered for Good for Peace Centre
- Alexandra Post Office Walks Into History
- Demolition of Old Boys’ Brigade Headquarters
- Goodbye to the Iconic Landmarks of Shaw Tower and Liang Court
- Goodbye Sentosa Merlion
- The Architectural Legacy of Pearl Bank Apartments
- The Vanished Colourful Landmark of Rochor
- Gone Were the East Coast Park Chalets
- Goodbye Kampong Java Park
- Sungei Road Thieves’ Market – From Beginning to End
- Distant Memories of the Big Splash
- A Final Farewell to the Good Ol’ Underwater World
- Lakeview Estate, its Former Market and the “Shopping Centre”
- Transit Road – A Transition from Retro Shops to New Condos
- Searching for Singapore’s Last Water Wells
- The Last of the Street Barbers in Singapore
- Searching for the Remnants of Ama Keng
- 30 Years of Memories at Marine Cove McDonald’s
- The Sky Changes at Potong Pasir
- Goodbye, Copthorne Orchid Hotel
- Kopi O and Kaya Toast
- Goodbye Bukit Timah Market and Hawker Centre
- Our Favourite Soft Drinks of Yesteryears
- The Former Maritime House and its Old-School Hainanese Western Food Restaurant
- Have a Break, Have a Kacang Puteh
- Goodbye to the old Golden Shoe Hawker Centre
- Have a Cup of Kopi…. with Butter
- Last Breakfast at Tong Ah Kopitiam
- Sipping Teh at a Kampong Kopitiam
- Singapore’s Vanished Markets and Hawker Centres
- The Disappearing Chee Pow Kai and Hum Chim Peng
- Burgers, French Fries and Diet Coke
- End of the Road for the Golden Bridge
- Singapore Kopitiam Culture
- Childhood Games
- Nostalgic Memories of East Coast’s Road Safety Park
- Vanished Traditional Teochew Games
- Our Favourite Games of Yesteryears
- Those Years When We Played Arcade Games Together
- A Dragon Quest – Searching for Singapore’s Lost Dragon Playgrounds
- “Rediscovering” My Childhood Toys
- Our Favourite Playgrounds of Yesteryears
- The Name Game
- The “Black Bridge” of Orh Kio Tau
- The Legacies Queen Elizabeth II Left in Singapore
- Kay Poh Road… A Busybody Road?
- Understanding Singapore’s Different Types of Street Suffixes
- Roads Named after Cargo Boats, and the Vanished Charcoal/Firewood Trade at Tanjong Rhu
- Singapore’s Grandfathers’ Roads – Legacies of Our Pioneers
- Compassvale Ancilla and Mang Kah Kar
- 10 Common Misconceptions of the Names of Places in Singapore
- Interesting Singapore Road Names
- Old, Common Names of Places in Singapore, and their Origins
- Places of Worship
- The Mosque of Paradise and Street of Worship at Old Choa Chu Kang Road
- An Old Riverine Temple at Sungei Kallang
- The Remaking of Jalan Kayu’s Church of The Epiphany
- A Thousand Buddhas at Telok Blangah Hill
- A Historical Brief of Balestier’s Red Chinese Temple and Wayang
- Sembawang’s Kampong Mosque and Former Coastal Villages
- Singapore’s Street of Religious Harmony (Part 2) – Waterloo Street
- Singapore’s Street of Religious Harmony (Part 1) – Telok Ayer Street
- The Former St Matthew’s Church and its Kindergarten at Neil Road
- A Temple’s Journey From Tekong to Mainland Singapore
- World War 2 Terrors
- The WWII Stories of Changi Chapel, Cross and Murals
- 1942 Singapore’s Darkest Moment at Former Ford Factory
- Adam Park and its WWII Past
- A Military History of Singapore’s Pillboxes
- 15 February Commemoration and the Civilian War Memorial
- Exploring the Ruins of Syonan Jinja at MacRitchie Reservoir
- 15 February – A Trip to The Bukit Batok Memorial
- The Sarimbun Beach Landing and Jalan Bahtera
- The Singapore General Hospital War Memorial – A Tragedy Seventy Years Ago
- Heritage Tour around Colonial Changi
- A Visit to Reflections at Bukit Chandu
- Final Resting Place
- The Forgotten WWII Tomb Memorial at Choa Chu Kang Cemetery
- The Old Forgotten Tombstone of Jane Buyers at Lower Seletar Reservoir
- Past and Present Cemeteries of Singapore (Part 2) – Malay/Muslim Burial Grounds
- Past and Present Cemeteries of Singapore (Part 1) – Old Chinese Graveyards
- A Different Sanctuary at Mount Vernon
- There was Once a “Cut Stomach Open” Street off Yio Chu Kang Road
- Old Holland Road and The Hakka Clan
- Significant Milestones
- Believe It or Not
- The Once Mysterious Bedok and Woodlands Flats
- Hillview Mansion, its Remnants and Legendary Tales
- Moths, Durians and Other Local Old Wives’ Tales
- Pasir Ris Red House… A Haunting Legend No More
- Singapore’s Most Enduring Ghost Stories
- 10 Legends and Myths of Singapore
- 10 Most Popular Singapore Urban Legends
- Top Ten ‘Haunted’ Places in Singapore
- Money Never Sleeps
- Remarkable Singaporeans
- Remembrance of Othman Wok (1924-2017), Singapore’s First Malay Minister
- Remembering Ong Teng Cheong (1936-2002), the People’s President
- S.R. Nathan (1924-2016) – President, Diplomat, Crisis Leader
- Remembering Lee Kuan Yew, the Founding Father of Singapore (1923-2015)
- The Grandfather of Singapore Sculpture and his Joo Chiat Studio
- The Emporium Legend Lim Tow Yong (1925-2012)
- A Persistent Opposition J. B. Jeyaretnam (1926-2008)
- Tribute to Dr Toh Chin Chye (1921-2012)
- Tribute to Singapore’s Mother Teresa (1898 -2011)
- Army Daze
- Guest Articles
- About RemSG
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We lived at Number 8 Whitchurch Road in 1959. I remember walking across to Sandes with ny brother to go to the swimming pool